Weather-board gage



(No Model.) I. A. HARRIS.

WEATHER BOARD GAGE.

Patented Oct. 18

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ISAAC A. HARRIS, OF ST. CHARLES, MINNESOTA.

WEATHER-BOARD GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,460, dated October 18, 1881.

(N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC A. HARRIS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, resident of St. Charles, in the county of Winona and State ot'Minnesota, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Weather-Board Gages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The figure ot' the drawing is a representation of a perspective view of my invention.

This invention has relation to means for holding and gaging siding or clapboards; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the shouldered base, its chisel-iron and set-screw fastening, the slotted adjustable gage-iron, and the pivoted and slotted marking-guide, all as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawing,theletterA designates weather-boarding which has been already secured to the framing, and B represents a board to be applied.

C is the base-block, having about midway on its inner surface a ledge or shoulder, a, connecting the foot of the beveled inner surface, I), of the upper portion, 0, to the head of the beveled inner surface, (7, of the lower portion ofthe block. To the innersurface of this lower portion is secured an angnlarly-bent or chisel iron, D, the upper edge of which is tapering and projects above the shoulder a, being designed to be inserted under the upper board, A, the lower edge of which rests on said shoulder, as indicated in the drawings. A set-screw, 6, extends through the base a and engages a threaded aperture in the upper or outer leaf of the angle-iron D, being designed to bear against the inner leaf, g, thereof, thereby securing the holder in place. The upper portion of the block is recessed at h, and in this recess is located the adjustable gage-iron k, which is slotted at l, and is secured to the holder by means of aclamp-screw, a, passing through the slo The upper end of the gage is provided with a rearor inwardly turned flange, f, against which, when properly adjusted, the lower edge of the board B rests.

E represents the pivoted and slotted marking and holding arm. This arm is slotted at t, above its lower end, and is secured to the upper portion ofthe block by means of a pivotscrew,p, passing through the slot. The lower end ot'the arm is notched at c, to engage a stud, s, when in the vertical position, being thereby held in place above the block and against the board B, serving as a holding-arm and marking-guide forjointing. A pointed marker, L, is designed to be suspended from the block by means ot'a cord, 20. The upper end of the arm E is bent outward at z to form a handle, and this arm may be turned down laterally below the gage-rest when the board B is being lifted to place.

WVhen the boards are to be applied at the corner of a building, the base-block used is designed to have a lateral extension and to be provided with a slotted wedge-fastening, to be used in engagement with the corner framing.-

Havingdescribed thisinvention,whatlclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The base-block C, having the ledge a and bevels I) and d, and the chisel-iron D, in combination with the adjustable gage-iron 7c and the arm E, all constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

v ISAAC ALLEN HARRIS.

Witnesses:

G. H. JEssUP, SAM L. MITCHELL. 

